Name: OWEN, JOHN
Initials: J
Parents: John Owen and Elizabeth Jones
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Unit Text: Depot
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09 November 1916
Service No: 1561
From: UK -World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: John Owen
Gender: Male
Rank: Pte
Record Type: Death
Military Service Region: Wales, Wales
Military Country: Wales
Death Date: 9 Nov 1916
Service Number: 15614
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Royal Welch Fusiliers
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: PRC Ledgers
Reference Number: /D/80, 12280
From: UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920
John Owen
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Age: 22
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 15614
Regiment Name: The Royal Welsh (Welch) Fusiliers
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Number of Images: 10
Other Records: Search for 'John Owen' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
John Owen Self (Head)
John Owen Father
Elizabeth Owen Mother
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Owen, of 51, Church St., Aberffraw.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Against West boundary.
Cemetery: ABERFFRAW (ST. BEUNO) CHURCHYARD
Drowned as a result of an attack by enemy submarine 16th September 1918. One of only three crew identified.
Seventeen on board all perished in the Irish Sea off the coast of North Wales.
bio by Jill
With the greatest appreciation to Helen, Find A Grave member 47880495 for the photos of Aberffraw Cemetery and the following history.
"In the logbook of the village school it was recorded that following the discovery of the bodies of two Mercantile Marine Servicemen (washed ashore on the beach next to the village) a decision was made to bury the men in the village churchyard.
The funeral service was well attended by members of the village and indeed, the village school was closed for the day to allow teachers and pupils to attend. The Headmaster of the school, Mr Evan Parry, had lost his son, Hugh, six months earlier (he died of wounds received on the Somme and was buried in France).
Perhaps because of this, he was particularly keen that your Great Uncle (John J. Tague Jr.) and his shipmate be honoured for their sacrifice and although they were buried a long way from their homes and families, that their graves were tended regularly.
The children of the village school were encouraged to lay flowers and keep the graves tidy. My next door neighbour is now an elderly lady but she has confirmed that this was a tradition upheld for many years after the end of the war.
The school itself has now unfortunately closed but the tradition is still observed and flowers are placed on the graves on Palm Sunday and also On Remembrance Sunday each November."
Initials: J
Parents: John Owen and Elizabeth Jones
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Unit Text: Depot
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09 November 1916
Service No: 1561
From: UK -World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: John Owen
Gender: Male
Rank: Pte
Record Type: Death
Military Service Region: Wales, Wales
Military Country: Wales
Death Date: 9 Nov 1916
Service Number: 15614
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Royal Welch Fusiliers
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: PRC Ledgers
Reference Number: /D/80, 12280
From: UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920
John Owen
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Age: 22
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 15614
Regiment Name: The Royal Welsh (Welch) Fusiliers
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Number of Images: 10
Other Records: Search for 'John Owen' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
John Owen Self (Head)
John Owen Father
Elizabeth Owen Mother
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Owen, of 51, Church St., Aberffraw.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Against West boundary.
Cemetery: ABERFFRAW (ST. BEUNO) CHURCHYARD
Drowned as a result of an attack by enemy submarine 16th September 1918. One of only three crew identified.
Seventeen on board all perished in the Irish Sea off the coast of North Wales.
bio by Jill
With the greatest appreciation to Helen, Find A Grave member 47880495 for the photos of Aberffraw Cemetery and the following history.
"In the logbook of the village school it was recorded that following the discovery of the bodies of two Mercantile Marine Servicemen (washed ashore on the beach next to the village) a decision was made to bury the men in the village churchyard.
The funeral service was well attended by members of the village and indeed, the village school was closed for the day to allow teachers and pupils to attend. The Headmaster of the school, Mr Evan Parry, had lost his son, Hugh, six months earlier (he died of wounds received on the Somme and was buried in France).
Perhaps because of this, he was particularly keen that your Great Uncle (John J. Tague Jr.) and his shipmate be honoured for their sacrifice and although they were buried a long way from their homes and families, that their graves were tended regularly.
The children of the village school were encouraged to lay flowers and keep the graves tidy. My next door neighbour is now an elderly lady but she has confirmed that this was a tradition upheld for many years after the end of the war.
The school itself has now unfortunately closed but the tradition is still observed and flowers are placed on the graves on Palm Sunday and also On Remembrance Sunday each November."
Name: OWEN, JOHN
Initials: J
Parents: John Owen and Elizabeth Jones
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Unit Text: Depot
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09 November 1916
Service No: 1561
From: UK -World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: John Owen
Gender: Male
Rank: Pte
Record Type: Death
Military Service Region: Wales, Wales
Military Country: Wales
Death Date: 9 Nov 1916
Service Number: 15614
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Royal Welch Fusiliers
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: PRC Ledgers
Reference Number: /D/80, 12280
From: UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920
John Owen
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Age: 22
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 15614
Regiment Name: The Royal Welsh (Welch) Fusiliers
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Number of Images: 10
Other Records: Search for 'John Owen' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
John Owen Self (Head)
John Owen Father
Elizabeth Owen Mother
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Owen, of 51, Church St., Aberffraw.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Against West boundary.
Cemetery: ABERFFRAW (ST. BEUNO) CHURCHYARD
Drowned as a result of an attack by enemy submarine 16th September 1918. One of only three crew identified.
Seventeen on board all perished in the Irish Sea off the coast of North Wales.
bio by Jill
With the greatest appreciation to Helen, Find A Grave member 47880495 for the photos of Aberffraw Cemetery and the following history.
"In the logbook of the village school it was recorded that following the discovery of the bodies of two Mercantile Marine Servicemen (washed ashore on the beach next to the village) a decision was made to bury the men in the village churchyard.
The funeral service was well attended by members of the village and indeed, the village school was closed for the day to allow teachers and pupils to attend. The Headmaster of the school, Mr Evan Parry, had lost his son, Hugh, six months earlier (he died of wounds received on the Somme and was buried in France).
Perhaps because of this, he was particularly keen that your Great Uncle (John J. Tague Jr.) and his shipmate be honoured for their sacrifice and although they were buried a long way from their homes and families, that their graves were tended regularly.
The children of the village school were encouraged to lay flowers and keep the graves tidy. My next door neighbour is now an elderly lady but she has confirmed that this was a tradition upheld for many years after the end of the war.
The school itself has now unfortunately closed but the tradition is still observed and flowers are placed on the graves on Palm Sunday and also On Remembrance Sunday each November."
Initials: J
Parents: John Owen and Elizabeth Jones
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Unit Text: Depot
Age: 24
Date of Death: 09 November 1916
Service No: 1561
From: UK -World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923
Name: John Owen
Gender: Male
Rank: Pte
Record Type: Death
Military Service Region: Wales, Wales
Military Country: Wales
Death Date: 9 Nov 1916
Service Number: 15614
Corps, Regiment or Unit: Royal Welch Fusiliers
Title: WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description: PRC Ledgers
Reference Number: /D/80, 12280
From: UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920
John Owen
Gender: Male
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: Aberffraw, Anglesey
Age: 22
Document Year: 1914
Regimental Number: 15614
Regiment Name: The Royal Welsh (Welch) Fusiliers
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Number of Images: 10
Other Records: Search for 'John Owen' in other WWI collections
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
John Owen Self (Head)
John Owen Father
Elizabeth Owen Mother
Additional information: Son of John and Elizabeth Owen, of 51, Church St., Aberffraw.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Against West boundary.
Cemetery: ABERFFRAW (ST. BEUNO) CHURCHYARD
Drowned as a result of an attack by enemy submarine 16th September 1918. One of only three crew identified.
Seventeen on board all perished in the Irish Sea off the coast of North Wales.
bio by Jill
With the greatest appreciation to Helen, Find A Grave member 47880495 for the photos of Aberffraw Cemetery and the following history.
"In the logbook of the village school it was recorded that following the discovery of the bodies of two Mercantile Marine Servicemen (washed ashore on the beach next to the village) a decision was made to bury the men in the village churchyard.
The funeral service was well attended by members of the village and indeed, the village school was closed for the day to allow teachers and pupils to attend. The Headmaster of the school, Mr Evan Parry, had lost his son, Hugh, six months earlier (he died of wounds received on the Somme and was buried in France).
Perhaps because of this, he was particularly keen that your Great Uncle (John J. Tague Jr.) and his shipmate be honoured for their sacrifice and although they were buried a long way from their homes and families, that their graves were tended regularly.
The children of the village school were encouraged to lay flowers and keep the graves tidy. My next door neighbour is now an elderly lady but she has confirmed that this was a tradition upheld for many years after the end of the war.
The school itself has now unfortunately closed but the tradition is still observed and flowers are placed on the graves on Palm Sunday and also On Remembrance Sunday each November."
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